Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their fourth match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on October 3.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have two wins from three matches and are coming with a super over win over Mumbai Indians. Their performance in this tournament has been good so far but they still need to work on their death overs bowling and also Virat Kohli's form is a concern for them.
Aaron Finch and Devdutt Padikkal have done well as openers and in middle overs AB de Villiers is doing the job and if captain Kohli comes among runs then batting won't be an issue for them. In the bowling, Chris Morris is still not ready so they might continue with the same bowling attack which played against Mumbai.
On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals too have two wins from three matches but their batting got exposed against Kolkata Knight Riders in the last match. Top three of Jos Buttler, Steve Smith and Sanju Samson have to carry them as middle order batsmen Robin Uthappa and Riyan Parag have been poor and Rahul Tewatia is more like a finisher.
So someone like Steve Smith should bat in middle order and Yashasvi Jaiswal can open with Buttler. In bowling Shreyas Gopal has been disappointing so far but his record against Bangalore is excellent and it might lift his confidence a bit.
All the major stats and facts ahead of the 15th match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals in Abu Dhabi :
Head to Head in IPL -
Matches - 20
Royal Challengers Bangalore won - 8
Rajasthan Royals won - 10
No results - 2
3 - Rajasthan Royals have won 3 of their last 4 matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. The remaining one match ended in a no result.
12 - Shreyas Gopal has taken 12 wickets at an average of 5.16 in just 4 matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL.
21.58 - Virat Kohli averages only 21.58 against Rajasthan Royals in IPL. He has 367 runs in 19 innings with 2 fifties against them.
29 - AB de Villiers needs 29 more runs to go past Suresh Raina's tally of 609 runs and become leading run scorer against Rajasthan Royals in IPL.
100 - Dale Steyn needs 3 more wickets to achieve the milestone of 100 wickets in IPL.
6000 - Jos Buttler needs 72 more runs to complete 6000 runs in T20 cricket.
9000 - Virat Kohli needs 82 more runs to become the first Indian batsman to score 9000 runs in T20 cricket.
